Kulikov is such an underrated d-man

I am honestly surprised because from his time in Winnipeg he was just pretty meh, but in NJD/EDM last year and now in MIN he's actually been a real solid defenceman

Oh yah for sure. I wish the oilers would’ve kept him instead of trading for Keith. He’s better, and cheaper. For a second there when I saw Hartman so high, I was confused until I saw his numbers… he’s going to get a lot of money when his contract is up. 1.7M is a steal for him… especially with the 3 years! Has Fiala actually been that bad this year though? I think he should be higher up in the list.

This doesn't even make sense. Brodin is the best defenseman on the team yet somehow he's behind four other defensemen and Victor Rask? Placing Fiala that low is borderline criminal.

Fiala has been our 2nd best winger all year. Even when not producing he's been extremely solid at both ends of the rink in his two-way game this year. The work effort has been there all year. He just wasn't getting rewarded for his efforts. He couldn't buy a goal there for awhile . It didn't help that there wasn't any real help on his line either. Now that he's got Boldy there, it's entirely different. That line is an actual threat now, and he doesn't have to go it alone anymore.

Pretty sure this is going by the stats box.

Even if it was, Fiala is the fourth highest scoring player on the roster. Brodin has more points and a higher ppg rate than Rask as a top 5 shutdown defenseman in the league. I'm not sure there's any logic applied to this. I'm pretty sure he looked at Kaprizov, Zuccarello and Hartman leading the team in points, and then got bored after the top 3 and pulled names out of a hat the rest of the way.

Talbot: Makes all star game


AGM creator: He’s garbage

To be fair, he has been pretty bad this year and has no business being at the all-star game.

You're no going to find a lot (non-homer) MN fans that think Talbot belongs in the ASG. His adv and regular stats are average at best. He racked up a bunch of wins due to the team having some crazy 6v5 numbers with him pulled to get back into the game.

I think Brodin is real solid defensively, but Spurgeon provides his level of defensive play while contributing a lot more on offence. As for Fiala, I have watched multiple games of his on film and I'm just not a huge fan of his game this year. He isn't creating enough offence and seems like a passenger at times this year. Not saying he's a bad player overall I just think it hasn't been his best season so far.

He’s been injured a bit this year too

It’s beyond criminal!